Learning Lots

So it's been a minute since the last post.  The focus over the last couple weeks has been learning the processes of other units that we work with so we can interact more fluidly with them.  To say it's been a confusing couple weeks is an understatement.  Seems like everybody you talk to has a different interpretation of how they're supposed to do their job.  So when three different sections are trying to work with the group and each person gets a different story, leads to heartbreak when everybody goes to the boss with a different answer.  Oh well, this is the life of a military officer.

It's been awhile since I've called home.  Usually I find myself glued to my chair and keyboard and forget to sneak away for 20 or 30 minutes to call back.  My goal for the rest of the deployment is to get back to what I did last deployment and call home every weekend.  It's tougher being 3 and half hours further ahead then while I was in Iraq, but it's worth it. 

I owe Ashley's class some emails since I said I was going to start emailing back and forth with them when the new semester started but that has slipped my mind too. 

Lame post today.  I need to try to get some pictures burnt and brought into the office so I can post them. 

Later.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everybody!  I'm a couple days late, but the world didn't end so I think it'll be okay.

Thanks for all the Christmas pictures.  Looked like a good time, even if I wasn't there.  I think the Bellmer/Shields/Logan/Martinez picture should become an annual tradition.

I want to thank everybody for the presents I've been receiving and am still receiving.  I've been getting some Christmas/New Years/Birthday/Martin Luther King Jr. Day presents every couple days since Christmas.  The Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks coffee that some of you sent has been great and everybody is enjoying the break from the usual stuff we drink.  That stuff mostly tastes like burnt styrofoam. 

I was spending the gift card that Grandma Edna bought got me for Christmas and I accidentally sent it to my house in Clarksville that somebody is currently living in.  Yes, my house finally rented the week before Christmas.  So I'm kinda stuck because I bought some nice headphones to block out all the random noise in the room and some coffee.  I don't know which one I'm more upset about...

In Leatherneck news, they opened a new MWR facility with faster internet and more phones.  The best part is that it's about 50 yards from the house.  Now on my days off, I just have to go a little bit to check my email and call people.

I recently purchased a pair of the five toe running shoes (They're actually called Five Finger Vibrams).  Took two days to get the commander to bless off on it so we (a buddy and myself) each ordered a pair and are eagerly waiting for them to get here.  I rarely get this excited for mail, but I can't wait for these to get here.  From what I've read about them, you need to start with running like a quarter mile and working your way back up to normal running distances because of all the different muscles you work. 

That's it for now.  I actually finished a post before getting booted off the computer.

Later.